The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
EVENING DECEMBER 1887
GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY.

Il
of ran. and Henry l.. Bischohshcim Of Lon
don against John Crosby Brown and others
for about siOOOUOJ. Tho suits grow out oil
the negotiation of bonds of the New
York, Boston and Montreal Railway COM
pauy. The first suit was commenced IN
isI5 and the other In 1873. The issuLs nnd de-
PENDANTS In each suit arc identical Iherc
are large number of persons interested
among them j. W Seliginan Il Co., Brown
Bros. ~ Co. and Duncan, Sherman d Co. In
1873 the New York. Boston and Montreal
Railway Company issued Sl2'23OiOOO hrst
mortgage bonds SO, 5000 second mortgage
bonds and sl5,OO0O00 Of stock. Bischoils-
helm d Goldschmidt of London advanced
money on SG2O,UO0 of the first mortgage
bonds and they transferred S5,UOOW0
to the French Bank. The road
passed into the hands of receiver
and all the money received was
spent The suits are f an accounting by
the company aud It's trustees as to the cX-
pcnlituTc of advances made and the intcn-
ton OF the agreement The court proceed
ings yesterday were merely formal, and were
chiefly distinguished by the uncommon array
II. Choatc, Wayne MacNcagh Robert G.
lngcr-oll Elihu Root, Horny C. Bcnmnn,
Henry f. Bangs, Francis l.. Stctsun, Bcnn-
min r. Tracy, CN.Sccretary Benjamin II.
Bristuw, james c. Carter and cN-Judgc
Morris.
II Is expected that NJ. Goblet will be Prime
Minister in the new French Cabinet and that
NJ. Flourcns will retain the portfolio Of
Minister of Foreign Affairs. President Sadi-
Camot, in an interview with NJ. Clcmencenu
yesterday, insisted upon the necessity of q
union of all the Republicans ip the Cham
bcrs, first, TO show Foreigners that Eepubh-
cans can agree. and second, in order that
they may vote an honest and sincere
budget. NJ. Clcmenccau fully indorsed tho
Presidents views. The accord between
President sadi-Carnot and NJ. Clcmcnccau is
regarded US good omen of the future OF the
Republic. The President also received NJ.
Ribot and other leading politicians. y sub
scription has been started 10 raise ftnd Tor
the purpose of erecting monument 20 tlic
great Carnot, grandfather of the new Presi-
dent. The extremists still continue TO OPP
pose the retention of General Saussier as
! Governor Of Paris The Chambers have ad-
journed until Saturday.
The directors of the Richmond and West
Point Terminal Company met yesterday in
New York to make arrangements for the an
nual election. President Sully did not de.
I sire Il reelection, and offered the ollice oi
president TO John ii. Wiman and Wm. II:
Rockefeller but the other directors insisted
on his retaining the office. lie succeeded in
inducing John II. lnlnan TO take the Once
of president of the Richmond and Danvillc
Company At the directors meeting Presi-
dent Sully declared that experience had
shown that the administration of the Rich
inond and Danville should be kept separate
from that of the Richmond and West Point
Terminal Company, and at his request Mt.
lnman was asked TO assume the presidency
of the former road. The annual election of
the Richmond and West Point Terminal
Company will be held at Richmond on
Tuesday next. The new members of the
board of directors will be X. 7. Flower,
William ii. Rockefeller and John ii. In
man. There will be no contest. Referring
to the action of the meeting OF stockholders
of the Richmond and Danvillc, which is to
be held in Richmond soon, q prominent
stakeholder yesterday said: "The indications
all point to the reelection Of Mr.. Alfred
Sully TO the presidency of the Terminal
Company, which owns the Richmond and
Danvillc. A week ago ii did not look that
way, but the Sully proxies are coming in
fast, and the directors arc said to accept the
situation chcerfully."
General Secretary l.itchman ofthe knights
of Labor characterizcs the reports that the
order was going to pieces as ridiculous and
untrue. 1--WE are getting hundreds ofletters
daily from all sections OF the country assur-
ing us that the movement against the Admin
istration is getting no iootlIold in other dis
tricts. Chicago and Philadelphia are the
circles in which the movement is strongest,
and if the order was to 20 all to pieces IN
those two places the Knights of Labor would
4
bucket" There We're, on July /, 5O0DS2 mGm-
bers in good standing in the order. The
| number now he estimated mt not less than
$4,000 in round figures. Since July, 8new
| local assemblies have been organized. Eleven
lapscd locals have been reorpunzcd and over
1900 lavc been rcnstated, they having been
suspended for various causes.
An insane woman from Chicago, who calls
herself Princess Maria llalpin, is under re.
straint at tlc -Four Courts, in st. Louis, and
will he sent to Chicago. She is accompanied
| by her daughter, whom she calls Princess
Madeline. They claim 10 have fled from l36
Troop street, Chicago. The woman tells u
horrible story of prosecutions AT the hands
Of Carter Harrison and Michael Mcdonald,
and says she was finally compelled TO flee
from the city. She says she is an arch
Z duchess Of Austrin, and that she was alb
| ductCd in her childhood. She is dressed in
fine black goods. Her little daughter APP
pcared to be sane and prolusscs 10 believe
| her mothers story.
/ John Owen Snyder, better known as the
! "Malking Wonder died on Sunday at his
| home, at Mill Grove, BlacIiord County, Ind.
/ For nearly three years previous 10 his death
Snyder was impcllcd, as he said, by some
mysterious force 10 walk constantly, and
| hc took his meals while continuing his
Ccaseless tramp. lie slept but little gem
orally in n chair, but the minute he awokc
he started 10 walking. He made Il tour ui
the museums ofthe country recently, which
yielded him handsome sum.
Robert sowell, brother of Senator Scwcll
of New jersey and u lawyer of prominence
here, was defendant yesterday in the Court
of Common Pleas in New York in a suit
brought by Ellen Foye, u cook formerly in
his employ. The woman accuses Mr.. sewcll
OF assaullng her in his house, kicking her
and throwing her out Of doors. Mr.. Sewcll
says that the cook was creating disturb,
ance in his kitchen. and lie elected her with
no more violence than was necessary Tho
woman lays her damages at So, 600. OWNS
TO the ill-hcalth of Mr.. SCwCll, the case wa,
postponed until the first Monday in Jan
nary.
The New York Cancer Hospital, an in
sutuion beautiful alChitccturAlly anC
unique in character, was formally 'oponec
yesterday afternoon. The money to built
this new hospital was contributed by JOIN
jacob Astor, and several rich gentlemen ant
ladies have made up 4 comfortable cndOw
ment fund by personal contributions Of 80,
900 and $4,000 each. The building stand
ON Eighth avenue, ut One Hundredth amt
Fifth street, and iaccs the park. There /
but one other hospital built on the sam
plan in this country. The opening eNeI
ciscs comprised addresses by Bishop Potter
Dr. Fordyce Barker, the Rev. John Hal
and John E PaNOns, president OF the boar,
of trustees. Thus far this undertaking la
been wholly Il charitable enterprise, bu
: steps will be taken TO put it on q bushes
basis.
In n reception TO the Rouvier Cabinet i
Paris, last evenings President Canot thanke
them for the patriotic devotion shown b.
them during the crisis. lie also said Ii
would not form new cabinet until he ha
consulted the presidents of the Senate an
Chamber and chiefs of Republican groups
The journal des Debdts advises the Presiden
10 retain the old cabinet. The Republica
u1a. s.r,